Pill dispensing device



Oct. 25, 1938. J. B. FELBER 2,134,180

PILL DISPENSING DEVICE Filed sept. 2, 1937 I? :El lI?? E.: :WE-1.2.

UWENTOR.l

ATTORNEY.

Patented Oct. 25, 1938 i UNITED STATES PATENT OFF-ICE PILL D ISPENSIN G DEVICE John B. Felber, Cleveland, Ohio I Application September 2, 1937, Serial No. 162,082

2 Claims.y (Cl. S12-88) My invention relates to improvements in disslightly over a slot 20 in the Wall of the said pensing devices for pills, tablets or the like and is cylinder I 3. more particularly concerned with dispensing de- A movable inner cylinder 2| is slidably mountvices used in steel mills and the like, for delivered Within the stationary cylinder I3, a pair of ing pills one at a time wherev employees are exslots 22 and 23 in. opposed sides of said movable posed to severe heat conditions, cylinder allows thel cylinder to pass the gear This devioo is particularly designed for use in shaft I9 as it moves up and down within the stasteel mills, foundries and the like Where the tionary Cylinder I3.

Workers are subject to the intense heat of the A gear rack 24, Secured t the outer surface of l0 molten metal, oto, when the Worker takes. a the movable inner cylinder 2I, meshes with the 10 drink of Water he places one of these pellets or gear i3 and mOVeS upl and dOWn Within the slot pins in his month. These pills are of a salty 20 in the stationary cylinder I3, a spring 25 sesubstance and taken With the Water they ward Cured by 011e end t0 the gear rack 24 and by itS 01T any bad effects that Would otherwise be likely Opposite end t0 the Stationary Cylinder I3, limitS i to result from drinking cold water while heated the upward movements of the movable inner 15 up cylinder 2l and draws said cylinder back to its The principal object of this invention is to Original position when released. provide a device of simple construction which A round tablet receptacle 23 haVing a Circular will readily dispense the tablets Without jamming recess 01 depression 27 in its 130D SurfaCe, is and Crushingmounted Within the movable inner cylinder 2|, 20

Another object is to provide a device to which and Secured t0 the Shaft |9- a magazine may be readily attached and changed The deViCe may be Secured t0 a Wall 28 by a at will when it becomes empty. strap 29 therearound and a magazine 30 mounted These and other objects and advantages may in the top thereofbe noted from the :following specification and its In Operation, the movable inner Cylinder 2| is 25 accompanying illustrations in which: pressed upward, the gear rack being carried Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the device with the upwerci 0n the Seid Cylinder Within the S1017 20 magazine in position. expandmg the Spring 25, the gear i8 meshing Fig 2 is a front elevation partly in section, with the gear rack 24 is rotated and in turn ro- 30 with the dispensing mechanism in closed positaies the tablet receptacle 25 0n the Shaft i9 until 30 tion. the recess or depression 2'I in said receptacle is in Fig 3 is a Side elevation of the dispensing the reversedposition as shown in Fig. 7, the tabmechansm let 3| dropping into the hand. As the pressure Fig. 4 is a, front fragmentary section with the on the movable inner cylinder is removed, the dispensing mechanism in elevation in open posi- Spmg 25 compresses al1-d draWS the Said mov- 35 tion able cylinder back to its original position as in- Fg 5 is a top plan View of the dispensing dicated by Fig. 6, the tablet receptacle 26 again mechanism pivoting its position until the recess 2l isat the Fig. 6 is a section on line 6 6 of Fig. 5. top and again receives a tablet. i Fig. 7 is a section similar to Fig. 6 but showing I claim: 40

the open position. 1 A dis Y I pensing device com risin Again referring to thelllustrations, a. shell I0 having a, discharging mouthp a snllrtci ll ae tieretlwer portlor H tenhlnatmg in a thereto, astationary cylinder within and secured mintingi aag' (ln Xdlgyhrflgell'l 3g tel" to the shell and vextending' between thedischarg- 45 Selies of ups l5 projecting goutwa d 1y frnh ing mouth and the exterior of the shell, ashaft when i; wg annimientretientzitiert or lon o e s e e ange 2 of the said shell being peaned ,at I6 over the bottom Wlthm the Statlonary Cylinder a' gear Wheel' at' o ange I4 of the Stationary cylinder |3 tached to the shaft adjacent the vouter surface 50 A Washer n is mountedwithin the Shell lo of the cylinder, a telescopingly mounted reciprov and rests upon the lips |5 of the cylinder |3 eating cylinder Within the stationary cylinder,

The stationary cylinder I3 has a gear wheel and having an end extending beyond the exterior or pinion I8 mounted on the outside surface lend of the stationary cylinder, and a gear rack thereof on a shaft I9, adjacent to and projecting attached thereto, said gear wheel and gear rack cooperating upon reciprocation of the cylinder to operate the pill dispenser, said movable cylinder having opposed slots for the shaft, and said stationary cylinder having a, slot for the gear rack,

5 and a, spring connected between the gear rack and the stationary cylinder.

2. A dispensing device as in claim 1, the stationary cylinder having lips formed in the upper edge thereof, and a washer supported on the lips, the mouth of the receptacle being supported on the washer.

JOHN B. FELBER. 

